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Donald Trump calls for unity during his campaign rally in the Bronx, says it doesn't matter what color your skin is, "we are all Americans.""We had the greatest economy in history. Everybody here... you were getting more than you ever made.""It doesn't matter whether you're black or brown or white or whatever the hell color you are, it doesn't matter. We are all Americans and we're gonna pull together as Americans."
One of the Bronx's only 2 movie theaters is closing. Here's why.
NEW YORK -- The Bronx will be down to just one movie theater for the entire borough after the Concourse Plaza Multiplex Cinemas closes. The Bronx Borough President's office received a statement from Showcase Cinemas in April confirming the theater on 161st Street is closing, citing "failure to come to terms with a new lease agreement."The statement reads in full:Showcase Cinemas confirms the closure of Concourse Plaza Multiplex Cinemas after failure to come to terms with a new lease agreement. The cinema will cease operations following the close of business on Tuesday, May 28, 2024. Members of our Starpass loyalty program...
Bronx voters clap back at AOC after she blasted Donald Trump for holding a rally in the Bronx.“You need to tell her then she need to stay out the Bronx 'cause look at all the people around.”“She's done nothing for the Bronx. Nothing. Nothing's changed. Nothing's gotten any better.”“Come to the Bronx and let her come among us. People that struggle, she doesn't even know what struggle is.”
New York City under flood watch, states brace for tornadoes as Memorial Day storms hit East Coast
At least 21 people have died, including two children, in Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma and Kentucky after violent storms ripped through the central US over Memorial Day weekend.At least 11 tornadoes swept through affected states on Sunday, with severe weather forecast to continue throughout Memorial Day. On Monday, a staggering 120m Americans were at risk of large hail, damaging winds and tornadoes as storm systems moved towards the Gulf Coast and East Coast, according to the National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center.The storms could bring gusts up to 70 miles per hour and quarter-sized hail.Meanwhile, record-high temperatures are feared in...
New Jersey beach opens on a Sunday for first time in 155 years despite Christian court battle
For the first time in generations, beachgoers were out on the sand in a New Jersey shore community on the Sunday morning before Memorial Day as a Christian religious group fights the state over its regular beach closures there during Sunday services.The Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association, a Methodist group that established a Christian seaside retreat at the Jersey Shore in 1869, said it had closed its beaches on Sunday mornings during religious services in Ocean Grove for more than a century and a half before the state Department of Environmental Protection accused the group of violating state beach access...
Memorial Day storms knock out power for thousands in North Jersey
Strong wind gusts from a series of rainstorms knocked out power to thousands of New Jersey residents on Monday afternoon including several hundred in Morris County. Almost 400 homes in Randloph and about 200 in Denville and Parsippany were without electricity as of 3:20 p.m., according to Jersey Central Power & Light. About 100 customers were also without power in Morris Plains.
Experts Name the 20 Worst Places To Live In New York [RANKED]
20 New York cities and towns have received a not-so-stellar recognition. Let's be honest - any city or town has its pros and its cons. And when it comes to the town you live in, there is a reason you live there - the pros! No matter where you call home, there will always be drawbacks, some locations have more than others.
Social Security latest COLA update for 2025 increase means bad news
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- The roughly 70 million Americans who receive Social Security benefits are expected to see the smallest bump in their monthly checks since before the pandemic. Each year, Social Security benefits are subject to an annual cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) based on inflation rates to ensure that monthly...
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